Accept

So, it's the fifth and I've already dropped the ball. I should try and accept it, but I'm still going to try and go back and write the posts I missed and get them done.

Accept is one of the words in that serenity prayer. Accept the things you can't change. It is so hard for me. There are so many things in my life that are beyond my control. I have two tween girls and a teenager who are beyond my control. They all have hormones that are going crazy. There are tears and there is yelling. There is stomping and there is drama. I want to say that I have it under control, but lets be real, most of the time it's just barely brushing world war three in my house.

Then you have my husband who suffers with multiple mental health issues. There are days that are wonderful and then there are days that just aren't. We both have to accept that things have changed in both our lives.

Accepting the things we can't change and being willing to change the things that we can. There are things in my life that I can change, but maybe I don't want to. Maybe I want to cling to the familiar, just because it is what I am used to.

However, God may want me to make a change because he knows what is best for me. My willingness to accept his plan for my life is going to make things better in the long run. He knows what is best for me, even if I don't want to accept it.

Even if I fight every step of the way (and sometimes I do!) He accepts me as I am, but he is a gentleman and will never force my hand. Jesus waits patiently for me to make a choice. Even if he knows it is the wrong one. He will wait still for me to realize it and make the right choice.